Politicians Need Dose Of Sunshine

Opinion LETTERS

April 29, 1990

''SPRING AHEAD, fall back.'' This clock manipulation is designed to take best advantage of daylight hours, to give us better vision and more time to use it.

Perhaps this latest adjustment will enable some of our elected officials to contemplate different points of view. Many of our politicians could use a good healthy dose of sunshine. The people tire of ''orchestrated, pre-done, pre-packaged, delivered government.''

Government under the sunshine, public hearings and frequent elections are mandated by law. Unfortunately, vision and listening are not. Thank goodness for frequent elections. They provide us the opportunity to rid ourselves of those who have lost sight of the public interest.

The Lake County incinerator project will accomplish at least one good thing. Our citizens now have a much better understanding about their government and big business. We have a representative form of government. If we do not participate and take interest, it will represent only those who do. Well-funded special interests represented by attorneys spend enormous amounts of time and energy ''selling'' their points of view.

The Lake County Comprehensive Plan is now being developed. It will be the blueprint for Lake County's future. Let's not sit back and let ''special interests'' take care of us again.